Advanced MI Training to address trauma in clients and prevent vicarious trauma in professionals

Trauma is increasingly recognized as a driving factor for causing major mental health and addiction symptoms and can create challenges and obstacles in our work with clients. There is also a growing awareness that professionals get impacted with secondary trauma which can lead to serious symptoms and burnout. A lot of agencies are struggling to help their staff in dealing with trauma in their clients and to help their staff in preventing burnout.

Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based practice that is proven to support positive change for clients, but it is also an excellent skillset to prevent secondary trauma and burnout for the practitioner by changing the dynamics of not taking on the tension from our work.

After this training you will:

• Be able to understand and identify secondary trauma symptoms
• Understand the neuroscience of trauma & PTSD
• Learn how to turn trauma into resilience
• Gain confidence in working with clients experiencing trauma

Presenter: Avani G. Dilger, MEd, MA, LPC, BC-DMT, CAS, ADS

Avani specializes in substance abuse prevention and treatment with adults, teens and their families. She is the founder and director of the “Natural Highs – Healthy Alternatives to Drugs & Alcohol” nonprofit program. Avani has been training professionals in in Motivational Interviewing and other evidence-based practices worldwide for over 20 years. Find out more about Avani HERE.

Eligible for 3 hours Certificate of Completion